S. Florida movers indicted

Several included in case involving fraud charges

A group of movers, most from South Florida, has been indicted by a California grand jury on claims they defrauded and extorted fees from hundreds of consumers nationwide.

The group includes Randy Goldberg, 37, president of National Moving Network, a Miami brokerage that found business for moving companies. Also indicted was Amit Ezyoni, 36, a Boca Raton resident who was chief executive of AY Transport, an interstate mover with an office in San Jose, Calif.

Neither could be reached for comment.

The indictment alleges the movers used low estimates to secure business, then raised their fees after taking possession of customers' property. The movers withheld delivery until customers paid the fraudulently inflated price, the indictment alleges.

Florida corporate records list Goldberg, of Aventura, as an officer or director of a variety of defunct moving firms, including National Auto Transport Inc., National Packing Supply, AAA National Moving Network, Patriot Moving, and 1stlocalmoverdirectory.com.

They list Barak Braunshtain, 32, a Margate resident who also was indicted, as president of Barak Transportation Inc., which became inactive in 2006.

Two other South Florida residents named in the indictment were Matthew D. Sandomir, 31, of Davie, and Eduardo A. Subirats, 31, of Miami. They could not be reached for comment.

Two men with the same names started a business, Mercury Auto Transport, in Fort Lauderdale, two months ago and are listed as managers, according to state records.

The indictment, returned Dec. 13 to the U.S. attorney in the Northern District of California, was the result of a three-year investigation by the FBI, IRS and the U.S. Department of Transportation, prosecutors said.

Also named in the indictment are Eli Kaupp, 26, of Lakeland; Brandy Aycock, 31, of Davie; Carol Hauessler, 30, of Fort Lauderdale; Christopher Sariol, 27, of Hallandale Beach; and five others who live in California or Nevada.